Recent Stories
Undergraduate’s menstrual justice project grows into policy change
From an early age, Mia Torres felt the urge to do something about the injustices she learned about. Her menstrual justice project in high school grew into policy change. Now she’s majoring in the School of Education’s unique leadership and community engagement major. Read more
As Voyager 1’s mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy
Planetary scientist Fran Bagenal first encountered NASA’s Voyager spacecraft during a student job in the late 1970s. Get her take on following these spacecraft for nearly 50 years, as they traveled to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—and beyond the bounds of Earth’s solar system. Read more
What Remains founders braid migration dreams, art, stories
Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four “mujeres fronterizas,” or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience. Read more
Secrets from the grave
By studying human skeletal remains, bioarchaeologist Sharon DeWitte is opening a new window into past pandemics and giving voice to the voiceless. Read more
Pressing energy challenges, potential solutions at center of renewable energy summit
Venture Partners at CU Boulder and the university’s Industry and Foundation Relations team brought together dozens of stakeholders in the renewable energy and storage ecosystem to discuss innovations, issues and opportunities in the vibrant sector. Read more
A really gutsy piece of journalism on police response to death of woman
This year’s Nakkula Award for Police Reporting goes to Andy Mannix and the Minnesota Star Tribune for a story that, as one judge put it, “a lot of newsrooms would have run screaming away from.” Read more